U.S. weighs tougher response to Russia over Syria crisis: officials

Reuters ^ | September 28th, 2016 | By Jonathan Landay, John Walcott and Matt Spetalnick

[DesertRhino]

“It could happen, but I’m not sure anyone should bet 100 million lives on it”

Exactly, and id like it to be for something a little more valuable to America than whether Assad or sunni whabbists control Syria.

[caww]

.....”It appears that advocates for military confrontation with Russia, in the Administration and on Free Republic, are going to get their way....This is going to be a disaster of epic proportions.”.........

Agree....and it doesn’t need to be so.

[ClearCase_guy]

Perhaps we should just take off and nuke them from orbit.

I mean ... what’s the worst that could happen?

[null and void]

I wouldn't put it past obama to launch a nuclear strike on Russia at 11:59 AM on January 20^th, 2017, and blame Trump for the fallout.

[Rashputin]

IOW, how best to stick Trump to the failed Middle East policies of the Clinton/Bush/Hillary years and keeping support for the Caliphate flowing.

[Carl Vehse]

Is Traitorobama insane enough to start a war with Russia with the idea that the Muslim countries would be left as winners and what used to be the West in the northern hemisphere now rubble?

Traitorobama certainly doesn’t care about whether Hellary is elected or not, since his actions over the past 7 and a half years have been aimed at the weakening and destruction of the United States.

And Traitorcongress will do nothing to stop him.

[Mariner]

"Is Traitorobama insane enough to start a war with Russia with the idea that the Muslim countries would be left as winners and what used to be the West in the northern hemisphere now rubble?"

Yes. There's no evidence to suggest otherwise.

[GreenHornet]

Obama’s going to send him a strongly worded email.....IN ALL CAPS!!!!!

[null and void]

EVERYTHING obama does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Attacks Christianity
e) Serves islam
f) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.

There are NO counter examples.

[VTenigma]

oops, present=president duh

[Bogie]

If Hillary's election is in doubt, that's what they will do.

Lock the United States into it.

[montag813]

What’s wrong...Russia being too hard on Obama’s ISIS buddies? The idiots in the UK going along with it again, as they did in Libya? This is a preview of the chaos and endless, unwinnable war that awaits us if Hillary prevails.

[Alberta's Child]

What’s pathetic is that if you replaced “Obama” with “Bush” or “Clinton,” the list wouldn’t change much at all.

[RAldrich]

So do they think the Russians are defenseless against attempts to shoot down the Russian bombers? I’m sure the Pentagon is very well aware that the Russians have moved their most advanced air defense equipment onto bases in Syria. Obama knows it and the Generals know it. Which is why Obama has already said setting up a no-fly zone is “impractical.”

Great pre-election strategy: Americans getting shot down over Syria.

[ully2]

Strongly worded letter to follow.

[Tawiskaro]

[Bogie]

No cooperation from me.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Syria (a Soviet/Russian ally for the past 50+ years) is not a American interest, much less a vital interest.

Not worth the bones of one American service person. Nor 300 million Americans.

Psychos run US foreign policy. Trump is our only hope.

[cmj328]

Wag the dog

[PghBaldy]

Nothing interesting on TV, so I would suggest tactical nukes.